Looking back into the Conference's short history, we find that there were politically troubled times in the past, but the Conference was able to continue to work, on some issues with a negotiating mandate and on others with a less than negotiating mandate.
Si echamos una mirada retrospectiva a la breve historia de la Conferencia de Desarme veremos que hubo épocas políticamente turbulentas y que, sin embargo, la Conferencia pudo proseguir su labor sobre algunas cuestiones con un mandato de negociación, y sobre otras con un mandato no tan completo.